|
Title: What would have happened when you opened the valve for the left lung? Post by: mspepa55 on Oct 8, 2012 If there was nothing seperating the left lung from the right lung, what would have happened when you opened the valve for the left lung? Why
Title: What would have happened when you opened the valve for the left lung? Post by: als2915 on Oct 8, 2012 They would collapse because the thoracic wall was punctured and the lungs would be in a single cavity.
Title: What would have happened when you opened the valve for the left lung? Post by: sperl on Oct 8, 2012 It would cause the lung to collapse because the pressure in the pleural cavity is less than the intrapulmonary pressure. Air flows from the lungs causing the collapse of the lung.
|